A BOOK OF CALUMNY BY H. L. MENCKEN
CONTENTS
DAMN! A BOOK OF CALUMNY
I. PATER PATRIAE
II THE REWARD OF THE ARTIST
III THE HEROIC CONSIDERED
IV THE BURDEN OF HUMOR
V THE SAVING GRACE
VI MORAL INDIGNATION
VII STABLE-NAMES
VIII THE JEWS
IX THE COMSTOCKIAN PREMISS
X THE LABIAL INFAMY
XI A TRUE ASCETIC
XII ON LYING
XIII HISTORY
XIV THE CURSE OF CIVILIZATION
XV EUGENICS
XVI THE JOCOSE GODS
XVII WAR
XVIII MORALIST AND ARTIST
XIX ACTORS
XX THE CROWD
XXI AN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER
XXII CLUBS
XXIII FIDELIS AD URNUM
XXIV A THEOLOGICAL MYSTERY
XXV THE TEST OF TRUTH
XXVI LITERARY INDECENCIES
XXVII VIRTUOUS VANDALISM
XXVIII A FOOTNOTE ON THE DUEL OF SEX
XXIX ALCOHOL
XXX THOUGHTS ON THE VOLUPTUOUS
XXXI THE HOLY ESTATE
XXXII DICHTUNG UND WAHRHEIT
XXXIII WILD SHOTS
XXXIV BEETHOVEN
XXXV THE TONE ART
XXXVI ZOOS
XXXVII ON HEARING MOZART
XXXVIII THE ROAD TO DOUBT
XXXIX A NEW USE FOR CHURCHES
XL THE ROOT OF RELIGION
XLI FREE WILL
XLII QUID EST VERITAS?
XLIII THE DOUBTER'S REWARD
XLIV BEFORE THE ALTAR
XLV THE MASK
XLVI PIA VENEZIANI, POI CRISTIANI
XLVII OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN
XLVIII THEOLOGY
XLIX EXEMPLI GRATIA
